Oversight
Senate Budget panel grills OMB chief over budget proposal
War costs, tax cuts and rise in national debt among Democrats' concerns.
Defense
Intelligence chiefs: Waterboarding legal in certain circumstances
CIA director says technique only used three times in agency's history.
Defense
GSA seeks funding boost for DHS headquarters project
Discretionary budget to more than double to cover costs for the proposed 1.2 million-square-foot facility.
Defense
Border security dominates DHS technology budget request
Cybersecurity funds largely will come from alternative sources.
Defense
Budget breakdown: How agencies, programs fared
Winners and losers in President Bush's fiscal 2009 budget proposal.
Oversight
New campaign introduces students to public service
Partnership for Public Service helps schools get the word out about careers in federal government.
Oversight
Senator says White House is trying to undermine FOIA law
President's budget calls for shifting recently created FOIA oversight office from the National Archives to the Justice Department.
Defense
Defense chief says action needed soon on war supplemental
Pentagon leaders have grown increasingly impatient with Congress's slow action on war funding.
Defense
Homeland Security seeks to bolster management, border security
Bush administration’s 2009 budget request represents almost 7 percent increase over this year’s spending.
Oversight
FDA seeks budget increase for food, medical product inspections
Request comes amid Hill’s call for an investigation into agency operations.
Defense
VA slated for big technology budget boost
Bush administration seeks 18 percent hike to replace aging equipment and enhance services.
Tech
Bush asks for 4 percent increase in IT spending
OMB says number of poorly managed and planned technology projects jumped 47 percent last year.
Defense
Administration seeks $515.4 billion in defense spending
Request includes $20.5 billion to recruit, train and equip new Army and Marine Corps forces.
Oversight
Bush's $3.1 trillion budget projects $400 billion deficit
But administration's plan predicts a surplus by fiscal 2012.
Oversight
Budget boosts and cuts, agency by agency
A comparison of the Bush administration's proposals for fiscal 2008 and 2009.
Pay & Benefits